The blind won't admit that I have eyes in my head, and the deaf say that I'm dumb.
Diplomacy is a game of chess in which the nations are checkmated.
Sound opinions are valueless. What matters is who holds them.
Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.
The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.
Contemporaries live from second hand to mouth.